He could have done better to follow some honest and respectable business, and avoid all the dishonest shifts and infractions of law to which he was compelled to resort, but he had started wrong, and it was difficult to persuade him that even now it would have been much better for him to amend his life and ways.

In this state of affairs he thought it a great piece of good luck that he should have fallen in with a boy in charge of a large sum of money, whom, from his youth and inexperience, he would have less trouble in robbing than an older person.
Andy had already decided how he would spend the afternoon.

He had heard a good deal about the Boston Museum, its large collection of curiosities, and the plays that were performed there.

One of the pleasantest anticipations he had was of a visit to this place, the paradise of country people.

Now that his business was concluded, he determined to go there at once.